
Portugal is now often called ‘energy island’. Here’s why
Portugal has no coal mines, oil wells or gas fields, but it also has no connections or need for Russian gas or oil. Suddenly Portugal is in a very powerful...
Year-round outdoor life Dave and Sonya lost everything and now build a new eco-village
[Published in the ‘Blik op Portugal’ magazine / October issue 2021] Dave Hemminga (founder of CO Cerro Mouro) escaped the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam eight years ago. Together with...
Climate positive Nature House made of straw
Ballast Nedam Development is taking an iconic step with the Nature House and will develop climate-positive straw-built houses. This is the outcome of a search for a scalable climate-positive house,...